| | Finally, a Book That Tackles the Complexities of Cultural and Generational Diversity For Immediate Release Contact: Natalie Holder-Winfield, The Author (203) 588-0401 natalie@questdiversity.com March 1, 2008 – Have you ever felt excluded or sensed another person’s exclusion from the inner workings of an organization? Are you a manager who has noticed that certain individuals have become distant or seem to feel they are out of the loop? Can you identify the reasons why, and do you know how to address them? First Books is delighted to announce the publication of Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce: New Rules for a New Generation, by Natalie Holder-Winfield. Whether based on race, color, sexual orientation, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, or any singular characteristic, the exclusion of individuals from an organization’s mainstream culture creates communication and morale problems, high attrition rates, possible legal issues, and difficulty recruiting top talent from diverse backgrounds. When managers are unaware of these problems, the organization’s good intentions to increase diversity are not good enough. By identifying the most common categories of exclusion in the workplace, Holder-Winfield offers employees and managers, and even students, a set of tools to use in detecting and correcting these issues. ”Although there are a million different types of behaviors that make us feel excluded, essentially, I noticed that there are ten different barriers to inclusion. …Over and over again, many of the same themes kept popping up. Whether I was talking to a person in financial services or a television anchor, I found the same ten barriers to inclusion appear.” Based on interviews with professionals from a variety of backgrounds, Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce provides mangers, employees, and students sound advice for navigating the overlay issues of cultural and generational diversity. For ordering, please visit www.firstbooks.com or contact the publisher directly. About the author: Natalie Holder-Winfield is an accomplished employment lawyer who works proactively with corporations, law firms, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations to meet their workforce training needs. Since 2003, she has created seminars for thousands of students and professionals in such organizations as Time Warner, the New York City Bar, the Louisiana State Bar Association, INROADS, Connecticut Regional Water Authority and KeySpan Energy. A member of NYU’s Young Alumni Leadership Circle and a variety of bar associations, and admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, she is a graduate Tulane Law School and New York University. About the publisher: Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, First Books was founded in 1988. The company is committed to a sustainable future, printing on recycled paper and using no animal-based products.
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